Day: December 27, 2014

Notes for Saturday – December 27, 2014

Camping Survival is offering a Mountain House with 15% off pouches and 25% off of #10 cans. Check it out if you need to replenish your stores before the new year. (Price increases by Mountain House are expected January 1st.) o o o Today, we present another entry for Round 56 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The $12,000+ worth of prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three Day Course Certificate, good for any one, two, or three course (a $1,195 value), A course certificate from onPoint Tactical. This certificate will be for the prize winner’s …


How to Study Your Bible Without Electronic Tools, by A.A.

For the purposes of this essay, I am going to assume that you have done two things in your life. First is simply this; you have accepted Jesus Christ as your personal savior. If you do not know what that means, I would recommend you stop reading now and find a solid pastor who can explain it to you, because none of this will really make any sense to you. Second is that you have gained, at the very least, a rudimentary understanding of the Bible. That being said, it is very likely that today day you are using the …


Letter Re: Armor Plate

Hugh, Let me say that at one point I was the sole North American distributor for the German Wiesel 1 AWC. I never sold any, so that and a ten spot will buy me a cup of coffee at Starbucks. However, it did afford me an education in lots of bits and bobs. First, figure out what your engine is rated to haul. Then halve that number to be able to haul it around under harsh conditions. Lots of early armored cars and tanks suffered from a fine automobile engine being stuffed into a vehicle at the upper edge of …



Odds ‘n Sods:

Police stress “need” for social media data-mining upgrades. – T.P. o o o SurvivalBlog Reader P.S. writes in about some interesting research: I’ve always had many questions about the U.S. crime rates. Examples: Are crime rates increasing? Are some areas becoming more violent than others? What has been the influence of gun control? I’m starting to look at the data available from the Uniform Crime Reporting website. Here is some very early analysis. Note that all metrics are per-capita rates (per 100,000 people) such that they account for national and regional population changes. Also, data is only available through the …


Hugh’s Quote of the Day:

“And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, and told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not. And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: and Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I …